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Banana and Oatmeal Cookie Bites (Two or Three Ingredients Only!)

Okay folks! This is the easiest recipe ever. When I saw a version of it, I knew I had to give it a go (plus it was in Oprah’s magazine and it seems like EVERYONE trusts Oprah when it comes to what is best – haha). I figured if these babies really did turn out to be snack-worthy, then I knew I found myself a winner. I mean, we’re talking 15 minutes from start-to-finish and 12 of those minutes are baking time.

Winner. I’m telling you; these win in my book. I whipped these up in the afternoon for a little “cookie” snack for me and my sweet toddler and we BOTH loved them. All it took was mashing two ripe banana and adding oats to them. Done! Before baking, I decided that I wanted some peanut butter in them. Why? Because I LOVE peanut butter and I’m always trying to sneak protein in my little babe’s food. Thus, I added some PB2 to the mixture. (Have you ever heard of PB2? It’s awesome. It comes in a powder form and it has 85% less fat than regular peanut butter . . . making the calorie count much less. That being said, it adds great PB taste to smoothies and other things . . . like these cookie bites.) If you want the peanut butter taste and you don’t have PB2 and you don’t want to buy any, then you can substitute 1/4 cup of peanut butter instead (however, keep in mind that 1/4 cup PB = 360 calories, where 2 Tablespoons of PB2 = 45 calories).

These turned out great and Baby Evie and I were thrilled to eat these little cookie bites for our afternoon snack. In fact, she had NO patience to wait for me to snap a picture of them so she ate one right off the plate beforehand. And, while I was snapping pictures I had to keep telling her, “no touchies.” As soon as I was done I told her she could have another one and she waited all of .01 seconds to go in for the grab!

If you’re looking for a way to get some healthy eats into your kiddos, give these a try! They’ll get bananas and oats for a snack without all the extra sugars and fats. TOTALLY great! I also think these would make great pre-workout or post-workout snacks.

Mash the bananas with a fork, add the oats plus PB2 (if using). Once it’s all incorporated, using a cookie scoop (1 1/2 tablespoon size) drop balls on the baking sheet and press down (like peanut butter cookies but without the fork). Bake for 12 minutes.

2 thoughts on “Banana and Oatmeal Cookie Bites (Two or Three Ingredients Only!)”

I just made a batch using salt, cinnamon, vanilla and some lightly ground up almonds – absolutely delicious and guilt free. I was skeptical since it seemed too easy but have since eaten 4 and how wrong could Oprah be? Thanks!!